Man&#39;s shirt.



A. S. BERMAN.

MAN'S SHIRT.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 23. e.

Ptented D'ec. 30, 1919.

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UNITED STATES 'PATENT OFFCE.

ALEXANDER SAMUEL BERMAN, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVNIA.

MAIWS SHIRT.

Mens shirts having sleeves with flexible cuffs have come greatl into Vogue, due especially to the increasec comfort they give in warm weather, they being much easier on the wearer s Wrists because of the softness of the material. But the increased conifort thus afforded by them is largely otfset by a large increase in cost due to the following considerations Experence has shown that these flexible cufs get soiled very readily, especially at and near the folded edge. Therefore, although the shirt is otherwise clean and perfectly fit for longer wear, it has to be changed for another due to the unsightly appearance of the cuffs. This increases ma teriall the cost of laundryng these shirts and cecreases their effective life, as too frequent laundrying, as is well known, is very destructive of the material. .Due to the aecessity for frequent changes, a larger supply of shirts must be maintained.

Experience has further shown that these flexible cuffs fray at the folded edges after short wear, and although the shirt is otherwise whole, it has to be discarded because of the torn cuffs.

A further disad antage of these shirtswith flexible cufs arises especially in very warm weather or when the wearer is engaged in work which would increase the liabilty of the cuffs to get dirty, or which might be interfered with materially by them. The wearer has in such cases resorted to the expedient of rolling up the sleeves. This expedient while effective is not very etiicient, inasmuch as much discomfort and annoyance is caused by the increased pressure on the arms of the rolled up portion or by the tendency of the latter to roll or slip down The main object, therefore, of this invention is to provide a mans Shirt which shall retain all the advantages of comfort afforded by shirts with fiexible cufs, but which shall at the same time do away with all the dis- Speciflcation of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 30, 1919.

Application filed November 23, 1916. erial No. 132354.

advantages enumerated above without any subst'antialincrease in cost..

The dificulties experienced with 1nens shirts of the character referred to arise chiefiy from .the fact that the fiexible cufs are integral with the sleeve. Therefore, to accomplish the object set forth above, I provide a shirt with cuffless sleeves and separate fleXible cuffs adapted to be removably attached thereto in a simple and easy manner.

F urther objects and advanta es will be clear from the detailed description and the features of 'noveltvwill be particularly pointed out in the claims. i

In the accompanying drawing, forming a part of this specification- Figure 1 is a vertical elevation of an unfolded Shirt sleeve with modified means for attaching the flexible cuff thereto, and Fig. 2 is a perspective View of the corresponding unfolded cufl". I

Fg, 3 shows another 'modified form .of sleeve, and Fig. 4 is a part perspective View of a correspondingly modified cuff.

Referringparticularly to the drawings, 10 is the improved cufl'less sleeve and 11 a fieXible cuff adapted to be removably attached 'thereto The means for attaching the cuif will now be described.

As' will be seen from the drawing, the lower end of thesleeve is provided with a narrow band-portion 12. r

For attaching the cufi, I provide a separate sleeve band 13' which is removably held to the band 12 of the sleeve by means of exible straps 19 stitched to the lower portion of the sleeve band 14' carrying sockets 15, is in a like manner held to the inner surface of the cufi' by a corresponding set of cuffs 20 attached thereto. The sleeve band 13' is attached thereto, the projection 16 of snap fasteners adapted to enter into these sockets 15 as will be readily understood.

In laundry'ng, the bands 13' and l4' rnay 'be easily removed by slipping them out of the straps 19 and 20 respectively in the same manner as a belt', and the sleeves and cufi's then present an entirely soft and smooth surface to the press iron.

In the modified form shown in Figs. 3 and 4:, I accomplish this same purpose of facilitating the laundrying of the Shirt, but the 'straps 19 and 20 of the embodment of my ter wear and is much more economical.

t'asteners may be made in long t-apes to which the members are Secured in some suitable machine and then cut into lengths corresponding to the various sizes of cutfs.

lt will thus be clear that I have provided a mans shirt which retains all the advan- Lag es of comfort atl'orded by the ordinary shirt with soft cufi's, butwhich gives bet- In purchasing one of my 'improved Shirts, the rustomer may at very slight cost provide himself with several pairs of cutt's to match the shirt. When the particular pair of cufl's worn with the Shirt becomes dirty, torn or frayed he may easily detach them and replace them by others which he may attach to the same shirt. The traying of the cufts does not necessitate the discarding of the whole Shirt as is the case with the shirts hitherto made having flexible cufi`s.

Should the wearer wish to get inereased eomfort in very warm weather, or prevent the cutt's from hinde'ring him in his particular work, or from getting dirty while doing work in which they are very liable to get soiled, he may simply unbutton the cutl's from the sleeves and remove them. tVhen the cufi' is re'noved, the sleeve is left open and may be quickly rolled, if desirecl.

The latter are thus less.

Having thus described my invention. what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:-

l. In a shirt, a pair of cufiless sleeves, a pair ot fiexible cutt's therefor, means for removably attaching said cufls, said means comprising a tlexible band jcarrying a plurality ot' spaced buttons, a similar fieXible band carrying a plurality ot' correspondingly -spaced sockets 'or the buttons, means on the lower portion of the sleeves for removably holding the first mentioned button band thcreto` and means onthe inner surface of the cutl's adjacent the upper edge thereof for removably holding the last mentioned socket band.

2. In a Shirt, a. pair of cufliess sleeves, a pair of flexible cutfs therefor, means for removably attachin said cutfs, said means comprising a fiexible band carrying a plurality ot' spaced buttons, a similar fiexible band carrying a plurality of correspondingly spaced sockets for the buttons, a plurality of strips attached to the lower p0rtions of the slceves through which the button band may pass to be removably held on the sleeve, and a plurality of similar holding strips attached on the inner surface of the cufl's adjacent the upper edge t-hereof for removably holding the socket band on the cufl's, the disposition and configuration of the strip forming opcn spaces through which the buttons may pass to be locked in the soclets.

Signed at Philadelphia in the cou nty of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, this lst (lay of November, A D. 1916.

ALEXANDER SAlllUEL BERMAN.

Witn esses CIIAS. S. FRANCE, U. C. NELsoN. 

